Gloss
to touch, hold, handle; (act.) to start a fire; to touch a woman means to get married
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἅπτω
Greek transliteration
haptō
Simplified transliteration
hapto
Principal Parts
-, ἧψα, -, -, ἥφθην
Numbers
Strong's number
680
GK Number
721
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
39
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-4
Definition
pr. to bring in contact, fit, fasten; to light, kindle, Mk. 4:21; Lk. 8:16; to touch, Mt. 8:3; to meddle, venture to partake, Col. 2:21; to have intercourse with, to know carnally, 1 Cor. 7:1; by impl. to harm, 1 Jn. 5:18
Greek-English Concordance for ἅπτω
| Luke 8:46 | But Jesus said, “Someone touched (hēpsato | ἥψατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) me, for I was aware of power going out from me.” |
| Luke 8:47 | Seeing that she had not escaped notice, the woman stepped forward, trembling, and fell down before him. She declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched (hēpsato | ἥψατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) him and how she had been healed at once. |
| Luke 11:33 | “No one lights (hapsas | ἅψας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) a lamp and puts it in a vault or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. |
| Luke 15:8 | “Or what woman, who has ten silver coins, should she lose one coin, would (haptei | ἅπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) not light (haptei | ἅπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) a lamp, sweep the house, and search diligently until she finds it? |
| Luke 18:15 | Now people were bringing to him even little ones so he (haptētai | ἅπτηται | pres mid subj 3 sg) would (haptētai | ἅπτηται | pres mid subj 3 sg) touch (haptētai | ἅπτηται | pres mid subj 3 sg) them. However, when the disciples saw it, they began to rebuke them. |
| Luke 22:51 | In response Jesus said, “Stop! No more of this.” And touching (hapsamenos | ἁψάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) the ear, he healed it. |
| John 20:17 | Jesus said to her, “Do (haptou | ἅπτου | pres mid imperative 2 sg) not hold (haptou | ἅπτου | pres mid imperative 2 sg) on (haptou | ἅπτου | pres mid imperative 2 sg) to (haptou | ἅπτου | pres mid imperative 2 sg) me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” |
| Acts 28:2 | The native people showed us no ordinary kindness, for they kindled (hapsantes | ἅψαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and because of the cold. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:1 | Now concerning the matters you wrote about. Yes, “It is good for a man not to (haptesthai | ἅπτεσθαι | pres mid inf ) have (haptesthai | ἅπτεσθαι | pres mid inf ) sexual (haptesthai | ἅπτεσθαι | pres mid inf ) contact (haptesthai | ἅπτεσθαι | pres mid inf ) with a woman.” |
| 2 Corinthians 6:17 | Therefore, “come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord, and “touch (haptesthe | ἅπτεσθε | pres mid imperative 2 pl) no unclean thing; then I will receive you, |
| Colossians 2:21 | “Do (hapsē | ἅψῃ | aor mid subj 2 sg) not handle! (hapsē | ἅψῃ | aor mid subj 2 sg) Do not taste! Do not touch!”? |
| 1 John 5:18 | We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will (haptetai | ἅπτεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) not harm (haptetai | ἅπτεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) him. |
